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Armando's Mexican Restaurant
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score84 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedAugust 11, 2024
- address9611 Garvey Ave 126, South El Monte 91733
Is Armando's Mexican Restaurant clean?
Armando's Mexican Restaurant is currently Grade B from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on August 11, 2024. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Armando's Mexican Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 11, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
- ☠️toxic items stored near food# 25. PERSONAL CLEANLINESS AND HAIR RESTRAINTS
- ⚠️# 13. FOOD IN GOOD CONDITION, SAFE AND UNADULTERATEDcritical# 13. FOOD IN GOOD CONDITION, SAFE AND UNADULTERATED
- 🛠️equipment grimy or busted# 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
- ⚠️# 21A. HOT WATER AVAILABLEcritical# 21A. HOT WATER AVAILABLE
- 🚿plumbing acting up# 40. PLUMBING: PLUMBING IN GOOD REPAIR, PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES
- ⚠️# 39. WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED# 39. WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED
- ❓food from an unapproved source# 06. ADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLE
When was Armando's Mexican Restaurant last inspected?
Armando's Mexican Restaurant has 2 inspections on record going back to October 16, 2023, averaging 88 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| August 11, 2024 | Grade B | 84 pts |
| October 16, 2023 | Grade A | 92 pts |
Armando's Mexican Restaurant vs El Monte
El Monte runs 88% clean across 204 tracked restaurants — 179 clean, 22 mid, 3 cooked.
Against the 204 spots Cooked tracks in El Monte, this one comes out cleaner than 7% of them.
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How Los Angeles grades restaurants
Los Angeles County posts a letter placard in the window, and unlike New York the score runs the friendly way: higher is better. 90 to 100 points earns an A, 80 to 89 a B, and anything below that a C. The county inspects roughly every six months to a year depending on risk, and a failed inspection can close a kitchen until it is fixed. Because LA’s scores are final at the time of inspection — there is no pending window — a letter can be read straight off the score when the placard field is blank.
Source: LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health via LA County Open Data. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated August 11, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.